134 HISTORY OF THE BRAMHAM MOOR HUNT. 



' Woodj — hounds working well through the wood, — then 

 ' along the Washburn side. Came up to him, chased him 

 ' back to I.indley Wood, and rolled him over at the bottom 

 ' of the hill. One hour and thirty minutes. A fine run, 

 ' and rare day's sport.' 



They finished the season at the kennels on April 28th, 

 this being about the latest date on which they ever hunted 

 during Mr. Fox's mastership, the lateness of the finish being 

 occasioned by the long frosts and consequent backward 

 season. It was an unsuitable day for hunting; there had 

 been a long spell of dry weather, and the morning was 

 very hot. They met early in the morning (at eight o'clock), 

 and in spite of the unfavourable weather, they finished the 

 season with a good day's sport, marking one fox to ground, 

 and killing a brace, one of them after a smart run from 

 Dog Kennel Whin. 



The weather up to the time of the frost was prejudicial 

 to sport, and there were heavy complaints about bad scent 

 all over the country, the Bramham Moor getting their share 

 of bad scenting days as well as their neighbours. But 

 after the frost there were some excellent runs, as the 

 extracts from Mr. Fox's diary show. Hounds were out one 

 hundred and fourteen days, killed fifty-eight brace of foxes, 

 and ran twenty-eight brace to ground. Frost kept them in 

 the kennel twenty-nine days. 



[875-76. September 6th found Kingsbury and his 

 hounds at Hazlewood, where the cub-hunting commenced 

 under brilliant conditions. They had a good morning's 

 work, and killed a brace, and from all over the country 

 came the report of a ' good show of cubs.' With a 

 plentiful supply of foxes, and a fair scent, the cub -hunting 

 season was an especially good one, and when the regular 

 season commenced at Harewood Park, on Monday, Nov. ist, 

 they had killed the respectable number of twenty-one brace. 



